Sat 24th August: Event organised by Northampton Al-Bireh Palestine Friendship Association in Northampton. A group of Palestinian youngsters from Gaza and the West Bank will be staging a ‘March of the Prisoners’ to draw attention to the plight of Palestinian children imprisoned by the Israelis. It will take place at 1.30pm, starting at the Friends Meeting House and processing into Abington Street. At 3.00pm the youngsters will be presenting a free concert in the Carnegie Room at the central library. Following the concert there will

be be a Q & A session on life in Gaza and the West Bank. The concert is free, but there will be a collection to cover expenses.

Sat 24th August: Mass Sleep Over event, 7pm – start at All Saints, a creative protest about the bedroom tax. ‘Come and pitch up a tent and spend the night to show Northampton that we will not stop protesting until the tax is axed.’ For more details contact Bianca Todd 07925730772.

Wed 28th August: The next meeting of the Left Unity Northampton Branch will be at 7pm at St. James Working Men’s Club.